By Samuel Norman Updated: 17:00 EDT, 25 September 2024 Shares in Rentokil rose after a member of Nelson Peltz’s hedge fund was handed a seat on the royal rat catcher’s board. The FTSE 100 pest control firm, which won contracts at Buckingham Palace in the 1960s, said Trian’s head of …
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By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 17:00 EDT, 23 September 2024 Until quite recently, there was an unhelpful habit of UK company boards rapidly buckling when faced with overseas and private equity takeovers. There would be dire warnings from fee-hungry investment banks that failure to accept seemingly generous …
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Around 12 bank branches are due to shut up shop across Edinburgh and the Lothians over the next year. A number of residents could face the scenario of losing their only local branch as banking giants look to get rid of their physical branches as customers move online. Bank of …
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By Jessica Clark Updated: 16:51 EDT, 14 September 2024 Royal Mail’s owner has been accused of ‘rewarding failure’ as it plans to boost its boss’s bonus amid a controversial takeover by a Czech tycoon. International Distribution Services (IDS) will this month ask shareholders to approve hiking Martin Seidenberg’s maximum award …
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2,800 jobs could be axed in switch to less carbon-intensive electric arc furnaces By John Paul-ford Rojas and Emily Hawkins Updated: 18:14 EDT, 7 September 2024 A £500million state rescue deal for Tata Steel’s Port Talbot plant will be confirmed this week. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds will give the Government’s …
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De Beers float could be scuppered by weak demand for natural diamonds By John Abiona Updated: 18:26 EDT, 7 September 2024 Plans to float De Beers could be scuppered by weak demand for natural diamonds. Speculation comes just three months after FTSE 100 miner Anglo American announced its diamond business …
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Martin Lewis, the founder of MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE), has issued a warning to credit card holders who are grappling with rising costs. He suggests using a “key weapon” to avoid high interest charges and reduce their repayments. In the most recent MSE newsletter, Martin Lewis revealed: “Figures just released by the …
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By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 18:13 EDT, 7 September 2024 Last month, my 96-year-old relative, an Auschwitz survivor, was finally discharged from the bright new Louisa Martindale building at the Sussex County Hospital after a five-week stay. As so often before, her fighting spirit prevailed over a …
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Shareholders sent offer document on June 26 but the document was 140 pages By Jessica Clark Updated: 17:00 EDT, 7 September 2024 Another storm of protest is rising over the controversial takeover of Royal Mail by the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. The delivery firm’s owner International Distribution Services (IDS) has …
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